-Chapter 1: Introduction -- -Part 1: Background of Barnard’s management thought -- Chapter 2: Barnard’s personality and career -- Chapter 3: Barnard’s experience -- Chapter 4: Barnard’s intellectual relationships -- Chapter 5: Barnard’s philosophy -- Chapter 6: Barnard’s method --...

Using sociological institutionalism the three articles constituting this dissertation scrutinize the relationship between organizations and their (social) environment at different levels of analysis and in the context of specific research questions. Drawing on qualitative research conducted in...

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Organizational failure is an incomplete process because routines and norms persist through employee careers. Qualitative interviews with former employees from four newspapers and two investment banks, all of which are bankrupt or disbanded, demonstrate ongoing utilization of routines and ongoing...

This qualitative research study examines the organizational practices that are used in companies that have been able to sustain innovation as part of their business strategy. Currently there is a gap in the literature regarding what organizational practices support innovation. This study...

The span of control is the most discussed single concept in classical and modern management theory. In specifying conditions for organizational effectiveness, the span of control has generally been regarded as a critical factor. Existing research work has focused mainly on qualitative methods to...

The span of control is the most discussed single concept in classical and modern management theory. In specifying conditions for organizational effectiveness, the span of control has generally been regarded as a critical factor. Existing research work has focused mainly on qualitative methods to...

Before developing any Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) based software, effort estimation will be inevitably required for many purposes ranging from budget analysis to cost-benefit balance. Therefore, effort estimation plays a vital role in SOA implementations. Nevertheless, effort estimation...

Organizations need to change constantly for their survival and success, and project management has been extensively used to implement organizational change. However, studies show only less than 20 percent of organizational change projects actually succeed. This may indicate the lack of a valid...

In this article, it is explored how digital transformation is reshaping existing conceptions of technology adoption in the workplace and, as part of this, why the adoption of enterprise technology often lags behind consumer technology. The effect of business intractability towards technological...